119 Aim not to come up with SL typology of residents but ‘to investigate everyday senses of virtual personhood’. What does it mean when residents say they can be themselves, or find it easy to be several selves, or can ‘wear our souls in here’?

120 key issue since early studies cybersociality is techne gaps and how allow various identities in virtual worlds

120 celebs in SL

120 opposite of double life, no conflict perceived

122 the life course [see Amit] is one way in which cultures make selves; 122 Giddens, personalised life course presumed in modern society; so what is a SL course?

123 because many residents more than one account, actual and SL selves not necessarily coterminous

123 unlike game worlds, here no skill levels as residents get to know the world better [cf. practice theory and embodied skills]

124 how to tell a newbie: not very skilled, e.g. accidentally wearing a prim box